水みず見み舞まい

noun

visiting flood victims; flood relief visit

Archaic term for visiting people affected by a flood to offer sympathy or assistance. In modern Japanese, this concept is usually expressed with phrases like 水害の見舞い.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、水みず見み舞まいとして被ひ災さい地ちを訪おとずれた記き録ろくが残のこっている。

  Old documents record visits to disaster areas as 水見舞い.